# Karnataka police arrest two men in separate social media cases 2026-08-13T03:59:21+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Karnataka police have arrested two men in separate cases involving alleged links to social media accounts accused of promoting unrest and anti-national content. In Raichur, police arrested 24-year-old tea stall owner Mohammed Sahil after tracing his contact with an Instagram account called “Rana Bhai”. The FIR says the account offered him money and a pistol and urged him to create unrest. Police are investigating the operator’s identity. In neighbouring Kalaburagi, police arrested 23-year-old migrant worker Mohammad Sameer under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions linked to terrorist acts and threats to national integration, PTI reported. Police said he followed and promoted suspicious accounts on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. His phone has been seized for forensic analysis. The two cases are separate, and both investigations are continuing. ## Coverage - indiatoday.in - siasat.com Tags: arrest, foreign contact, Karnataka, Raichur, social media, terror plot Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/karnataka-man-arrested-for-plotting-unrest-with-foreign-contact/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/karnataka-man-arrested-for-plotting-unrest-with-foreign-contact/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.